The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-04-14
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
1t is stated that the workingmen OF Rut-
land h shout completed arrangements
TO start new daily paper in that place, to
be called The Leader. The type has been
purchased and the paper will be issued
in April.
+. A. Walker, who has been with the
Fairbanks company ofSt Johnsbury for
thirty years, and A. b. Noyes, also promi.
nent in st. Johnsbury business circles,
have resigned their positions and will go
West ON prospecting tour.
A Ryegate man walked three miles on
snowshoes TO inform one Of the selectmen
that bis road was badly drifted, and he
must come and shovel him out.
Stephen Pickett at Fair Haven was pre-
pairing a hole for blast, when the powder
suddenly ignited and an explosion took
place. His face and eyes we're filled com.
pletely full Of fragments Of stone and pow.
der aud the top OF finger was blown oil.
He is expected to save his eyes, though II
will be some time before be will again be
able to do anything.
Henry w. Booth, formerly Of Bennlng-
ton, died recently at the Binghampton,
N. Y, asylum for insane. He would have
been 81 years old in few days, and was q
son of Asahel Booth, who died at Ben
ningtou on June IL. aged nearly SO years,
and he was born in Nottingham, Vt. Mr..
Booth had been in failing health for sever.
al years.
The appointment OF committee in
Rutland to inquire into the needs and pos.
sibilities OF reform IN our public schools
is announced.
The Landslide at Cuttingsvile Sunday
night. on the Rutland division OF the Cen.
trail Vermont road, proved to b. q more
serious affair than ut first reported. About
100 feet Of the road-bed was carried away.
The place where the slide occurred is
about mile South Of Cuttingsville sta
ton. The road runs along side OF q huge
hill and parallel with the highway road,
but several hundred feet above it, There
was no snow on the bill, nor streams Of
water, but the soil is quicksand aud clay,
which would easily give way at this sea-
son of the year. The cheese factory, which
was situated under the hill, was struck
by the earth, carried about rs feet and
completely demolished. Timbers we're
twisted like pieces of wire, while the roof
was bent like bow. 1t was an indescrib
able mass Of lumber. Fences, trees, huge
rocks and chunks Of dirt big enough to fill
q platform CIR were carried out into the
highway. The dirt was about ten feet
deep over the road for distance OF 100
feet or more, and for time the road was
impossible. II will take considerable
time and money to remove the debris OF
the building and repair the road. The
factory was owned by Messrs. Amos Pratt,
Martin Phillips Dana Phillips and NJ.
Moloney, was comparatively new and was
valued at $1,000.
Mr. ID. j. Lawlor Of East Boston, the
veteran marine architect. who went TO
Burlington, recently to open a yard there
for yacht building. has been meeting with
good success. EI- Gov. Smith OF st.
Albaus has given him an order for = steam
yacht Of the sharpe pattern, forty feet
long, which is expected to run fifteen
miles an hour, and will be the first steam
sharpe yacht ever built It's estimated
cost is $1,000 Mr.. Lawlor has designed
a sloop yacht 80 feet over oil. and sharpie
yacht Al feet long for DR.. W. s. Webb OF
New York sDd Burlington, and one OF
these boats will be launched May 10. On
Tuesday next Mr.. Lawlor takes possession
OF his boat house and yard at Burlington,
and begins work on . 40.foot sharpe
yacht for . Boston gentleman, to cost
$500. He is much pleased with the
strength and speedy appearance Of the
sharpe yacht Darlington, built last season
through tue influence OF Mr. W. H. II.
Murray.
Lydia T. Pinkhsm's Vegetable Com
pound strengthens the stomach and kid
neys and aids digestion. Is equally good
Tor both sexes
Col. Olin Scott OF Bennington, returned
nome last week after 40 abseDce Of more
han two years Col. Scott has been en-
ragged 10 the construction Of powder mills
It Youngstown. Ohio. snd also near Scran.
on, Penn, and has recently sold bis
nteres, 10 both mills for sGs. 900 cash.
Je takes the position Of mechanical epgi
leer and superintendent for several OF the
argesi powder manufacturing companies
q the United States for 8 term OF years
rom April /. with headquarters at Ben
ingtou, where he will agsin devote
arRelpsrt OF bis time 10 the management
I the Bennington machine works. With
D the last txo years Col Scott has been
eiendent in forty-ni suits relative To
be construction Of powder mills. but b.
Yon every suit. The association which
patrols the po~dsr mills OF the United
is-s has psi him 10 al $40 900 10 par
hssing mills VI bis construction. 10 order
, secure The control oithem. The a..
,cis.ion nov takes him into its seryiee